Black Blood of the Earth

Essential Maintenance

The team spent most of the day Dec. 23rd organizing their various departments, familiarizing themselves with the facility, and getting themselves entrenched into their various departments. Hector Castel, after staying awake all night securing the facility from wild animals and conducting violent job interviews, fell asleep early and was out like a light for most of the evening.

After dinner, Aaron Brahm asked Alan Green, Dr. Jason Harrington, and Jen DeLhie to stay late in order to inform them that local law enforcement would be arriving to investigate Luke Lagrange’s untimely demise and to interrogate the captured bandits early on the subsequent morning. After their meeting with Brahm, the three stayed late in the office to discuss plans when they noticed electrical disturbances accompanying a strange hissing sound. Investigating the disturbance led them to the server room, in which lurked an unearthly apparition – the restless spirit of Luke Lagrange. By shutting down the power to the building, the three agents managed to temporarily banish Lagrange, with only DeLhie suffering more than superficial injuries.

The Rough Road to Hell

After a meeting with Vice President of Special Projects Elizabeth Stanton, Agents Alan Green, Dr. Jason Harrington, Hector Castel and Jen DeLhie were dispatched to the Puerto Quijarro dig site. The plane trip to Puerto Suarez and the train ride from there to Puerto Quijarro were fairly uneventful, although they allowed the team to get to know each other and to plan for the mission ahead. When they arrived Dec. 22nd in Puerto Quijarro itself, they were met by a convoy of trucks headed by Luke Lagrange and Paolo Pinage. The supplies were loaded onto the trucks, which returned to the dig site.

En route the convoy was stopped by armed bandits claiming to represent local crime lord Javier Dos Santos, who almost immediately opened fire upon the caravan. Although two lives were lost, the caravan managed not only to escape the ambush but also to prevent the theft of the property it carried and to capture two of its assailants due to the swift actions of Hector Castel. Agents Green and Harrington were injured, Harrington severely.

After reaching the dig site and receiving medical attention, the team was introduced to the dig site personnel by way of the company christmas party. Unfortunately, merriment was cut short due to the shocking death of Luke Lagrange, who suffered injuries at the hands of a wild beast.